Old-timer DUers check in - who had access to the 'invite-only' underground forum on DU

[LynneSin]

When I first joined there was no DU Lounge. But there was an invite-only lounge called the Underground. (yes I was a member - I think anyone who made a donation could get an invite).

Anyone else here was a member of that invite-only group?

BTW, I remember when they reorganized DU we suggested that there be a non-political forum on DU

[Shakespeare]

1. Me! (under my old nick, Not_over_it)

Ah, memories....

[soleft]

2. You're not over it???????????

I remember you!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shakespeare]

5. Yup.

How ya doin'? :hi:

[soleft]

6. Ok. Was wondering whatever happened to you

I wonder if Zenlefty is lurking around here under another name.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. So do I!

:hi:

[Shakespeare]

10. Howdy!

I'm never sure how many people 1. remember my old nick, and 2. are aware that this is me under a different nick.

:hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Probably not very many

Your former screen name has turned up on "Whatever happened to...?" threads every so often over the years.

[SoCalDem]

3. sniff sniff.. I missed out.. by a few months

:cry:

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. I vaguely recall such a thing

Don't remember if I ever got the invite.

I've missed a lot in my years here, but on the other hand, I never made enemies and never ate the granite cookie either. So it's all good.

[underpants]

7. Not me

I wasn't here then

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I was invited after a month or two

However, the Underground was closed when somehow someone unauthorized got into it. We all got e-mails announcing that the Underground was no more.

[FarLeftRage]

12. I vaguely remember that when I was first lurking in 2001

and by the time I joined, it was done away with... sometime in early 2002.